Fernandez-Castaño keeps his cool to win Barclays Singapore Open and delivers the first win for the NEW CG 588 wedge

Cleveland® Golf/Srixon® congratulates Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño who six months ago had serious doubts as to whether he would play golf again.

Three productive weeks on home soil which included a second in the Castelló Masters and a tied 12th in the Andalucía Masters had revived his year as he and Pagunsan of the Philippines returned to Sentosa Golf Club to complete extra holes – both men finishing 14 under par after 54 holes. Despite having to go back down the 18^th for a second time a birdie on the 18th was good enough to land him his fifth European Tour title in the Barclays Singapore Open.

“It has been a great relief, especially the way I played yesterday.” said Fernandez-Castaño. “It has been a tough year and I got a monkey off my back. It has been three years without a victory and it means a lot to me.”

With his success over the Serapong layout, Fernandez-Castaño is now up to 58th in the Official World Golf Ranking, having been 188th three months ago and up to 15^th in the Race to Dubai which goes a long way to securing his spot in the all important Dubai World Championships, the final event of the year.

“This is a great way to end the year for Cleveland Golf/Srixon,” said Leslie Hepsworth, President of Srixon Sports Europe.  “A win in an event of this size by one of our players is testament to hard work that goes in to getting our products to perform at the very highest level. Gonzalo was one of the first players to put the NEW CG 588 wedges in his back and it looks to have paid dividends.”   

Fernandez-Castaño plays Cleveland® Monster driver (9.5°- Miyazaki™ Kusala Black 77X), a Cleveland® FL3 fairway wood (14°- Miyazaki™ Kusala Black 77X), Cleveland® CG1T™ Tour irons (4-PW), CG 588 forged wedges (47°/ 53° / 58°) and a Srixon® Z-STAR™ ball, while wearing a Cleveland® Golf hat, carrying a Cleveland® Golf bag and wearing a Srixon glove.

Cleveland® Golf, Srixon®, Never Compromise® and Cleveland Classics™ apparel are brands owned by SRI Sports Limited. With corporate headquarters based in Kobe, Japan, SRI Sports is the fourth largest golf company in the world, as well as one of the world’s leading patent holders in golf ball technology.